Washing-machine bench.



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' H. S. BEAMS.

' WASHING MACHINE BENCH.

APPLICATION IILBD OUT. 5, 1906.

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H. s. BEAMS. WASHING MACHINE BENCH.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 5, 1908.

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. IINITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN SEGAR REAMS, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO RICHMOND CEDAR WORKS, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA.

WASHING-MACHINE BENCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application filed October 5, 1906. Serial No. 337,578.

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Be it known that I, HERMAN SEGAR REAMs, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Richmond, county of Henrico, State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machine Benches, of which the fol lowing 1s a full and clear specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawlngs, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the wringer-board turned back out of the way and tie clothes-basket support swung down in full lines and folded up in dotted lines; Fig. 2, a vertical sectional view through the wringer-board and its supporting-rod; Fig. 3, a side elevation of the wringer-board support, and Fig. 4 a vertical longitudinal section showing the wringer-board support.

The object of this invention is to provide durable and simple devices for supporting the wringer-board in such manner that it may be readily swung or adjusted over the tub, so that all the water wrung from the clothes shall run back into the tub, the device being especially intended for that class of washing-machines in which the tub is permanently mounted on tle bench and is provided with a hinged lid, it being necessary in this type of washing-machine to so mount the wringer-board t at it may be swung back out of the Way in order to permit the lid to be opened.

A further object is to provide, in conneetion with the wringer-board support, a simple folding support for the clothes-basket or other receptacle in which the wrung clothing is deposited, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings annexed by reference characters, a designates the two rear legs of the bench, which are connected by horizontal wooden bars I) to the two front legs 0 thereof. The two front legs, as well as the two rear legs, are connected rigidly by a pair of transverse round bars d. The two top side bars I) are transversely connected by boards 6, which are adapted especially to support a rotary tub.

The front legs 0 are extended upwardly to a point approximately on a level with the top of tile tub, and they are each braced to the side bars I) by inclined metal braces f. A further bracing is obtained by means of a shorter metal brace-rod g. The clothes-basket support consists of a pair of side bars h, pivotally supported on the upper one of the rounds d at the front of the bench, one against the inner side of each front leg. The free ends of these bars h are connected by a round rod i, on which is pivotally hung the legs 7', which respectively lie against the inner sides of the bars h and are connected at their free ends by a rod 7:. With a support of this construction it will be observed that the legs may be folded or swung in between the side bars h and the whole frame swung up between the upper extensions of the front legs, in which folded position they may be clamped by means of the same clamp that holds the wringenboard in its adjusted positions, as hereinafter set forth.

The wringer-board Z has attached to each of its ends a bracket-arm m, whose lower ends respectively lie against the inner faces of the extensions 0 of the front bench-legs. Each of these arms is provided. at its lower end with a hole through which a rod n passes, this rod extending entirely across the machine parallel with the wringer-board and being supported in corresponding holes in the upper ends of the st pports c. This rod or long bolt is provided at one end with a head, and at its other end it is threaded and provided with a hand-nut 0, which bears upon a washer p, mounted on the rod and bearing upon the outer side of the adjacent extension 0. On the rod or bolt n is mounted a spacing-sleeve g, which extends entirely across between the two metal supporting-arms m. In this way the Wringer-boardsupporting arms are pivotally mounted on the upper extremities of the extensions or supports 0, and as these supports extend to the full height of the tub it is obvious that the arms m may be adjusted back and forth, so as to bring the wringer-board directly over the tub or entirely out of the way thereof. This is especially advantageous in that class of washing-machines where the tub is permanently mounted on the bench and where, therefore, it is necessary to get the wringer-board out of the way of the lid of the tub when the lid is raised. The rod and band-nut permit the wringer-board to be clamped in its adjusted positions, the supports or extensions 0 being su'I'licient-ly elastic to permit a clamping action upon the wringer-board supports m and the spacingrod 7 beingsufliciently long topr'even't undue clamping action. This elasticity'ofthe supports c also enables the same to be clamped uponthe folded clothes-basket supports, and 5 thus hold the same in position without hooks or other extraneous fastening devices.

On the outer face of each of the arms m is formed an outward-extending transverse flange or rib 1", which is curved so as to extend over upon and fit against the upper curved end of the extension 0, thus serving to brace the arm and protect the upper end of the extension. This flange is of such length that it forms a stop for limiting the movement of the supports m both forward "and backward, the ends of the flange'when' the arms are moved to their limit in either direction abutting against the edges of the supports 0, as shown especiallyin Fig. 4.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim, and desire tosecure b y Letters Patent, is-

1. Ina washing-machine bench, asupport ing-frame having front and rear legs, said front legs being extended upward approximately to the height of a tub and having their upper extremities rounded, a long bolt connecting the upper rounded'e'xtrem'iti'es of the extensions and provided with a tightening-nut, a spacing-sleeve surrounding said bolt, a wringenboard and supporting-arms therefor, said arms lying respectively be tween the ends of said spacing-sleeve and the inner side of the leg extensions and each of "said arms "being provided with an outwardextending curved stop-flange, for-the purpose herein set forth.

2. In combination with a wash-bench, a pair of vertical standards or supports rising from the bench approximately to the height of the tub, a horizontal pivot-connectingand mounted in the upper extremities of these standards, a wringer-board provided with a pair of arms, these arms being pivotally sup- 4'5 ported on said pivot between the standards a vertical plane to and from the tub, and means for clamping the arm'sof the wringerboard in their adjusted position, for the purpose set forth.

-3. A wash-bench provided with a pair of upstanding elastic supports, means for drawing the upper extremities of these supports toward each other, said means embodying a longhorizontal piv ot-bolt, means for limiting the movement of these supports toward each other, and a wringer-board Whose supportingarms are mounted pivotally on said pivotfor clamping the wringer-board supports between the upper ends thereof, and a folding clo'thes basket support consisting of side supporting-bars and a pair of legs adapted to fold together and'up'betvseen the said upward-extending elastic supports, said side supporting-b'a'rs 'whenfolded up lying closely to the innerfa'c'es of the supports, for the purpose iset for'th.

5. "Inawa'shing-m'a'chine bench, a supporting-frame having a pair of supports extending 'a tightening-nut, a spacing-sleeve surroundin'gsai'd bolt between'said supports, a wrin'gerboard whose supporting-armsare pivoted on -saidb'olt andlie respectively between the ends of the spacing-sleeve and the inner sides of the supports,substantiallyas set forth.

I In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 29th day of September, 1906.

HERMAN SEGAR BEAMS.

'Witn'esses:

W. F. CHALMERS, W. :PowERs LEFEBURE. 

